Electron microscopy diagnostic at Woodland Memorial Hospital

1325 Cottonwood St, Woodland, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1922116037

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Feb 28, 2026 · Ingested Sep 10, 2026

$218.05

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What a hospital charges a self-pay patient who pays directly, without going through insurance — usually well below the gross charge.

Example: A CT scan has a $3,200 gross charge but an $850 discounted cash price. Ask for it by name when scheduling — hospitals don't always advertise it up front.

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What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.

$795.79

Gross charge

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The hospital's full, undiscounted list price — pulled from its internal "chargemaster" price list. Almost no one actually pays this.

Example: A chest X-ray has a gross charge of $1,450. The same hospital's discounted cash price for the same X-ray is $180 — the gross charge mostly anchors negotiations, not what patients pay.

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The hospital's undiscounted list price — almost no one pays this.

$34.27 with WCMG vs $1,073.49 with United — same scan, same building. Share

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Negotiated rate

The price a specific insurance plan agreed to pay the hospital for a service — it varies by insurer, and even by plan within the same insurer.

Example: The same knee MRI has a negotiated rate of $904 with one insurer's PPO plan and $1,509 with another's — identical hospital, identical scan.

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Payer
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Payer

The insurance company footing the bill — Aetna, UnitedHealthcare, Medicare, and so on.

Example: "Blue Cross Blue Shield" is the payer. Its negotiated rate for an MRI might be $904, while a different payer's negotiated rate for the same scan is $1,509.

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Plan

The specific product an insurer sells — e.g. "Blue Cross PPO 500" — which sets your deductible, coinsurance and negotiated rates.

Example: Two people both insured by Aetna can owe very different amounts for the same MRI: $50 with an HMO plan's flat copay, or the full $1,200 toward a high-deductible PPO plan's unmet deductible.

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Negotiated rate vs. cash
WCMG Commercial|All Plans $34.27 ↓ -84%
Western Health Advantage Commercial|All Plans $109.04 ↓ -50%
Kaiser Medicaid|All Plans $127.73 ↓ -41%
Cigna Commercial|LocalPlus $130.84 ↓ -40%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $168.23 ↓ -23%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $174.46 ↓ -20%
Magellan Commercial|All Plans $186.92 ↓ -14%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $237.71 ↑ +9%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Connection EPO $249.22 ↑ +14%
Sutter Health Commercial|All Plans $249.22 ↑ +14%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $280.37 ↑ +29%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $280.37 ↑ +29%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $286.60 ↑ +31%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $293.77 ↑ +35%
United Medicaid|> 21 $311.52 ↑ +43%
Health Net Medicaid|All Plans $311.52 ↑ +43%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $311.52 ↑ +43%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $311.52 ↑ +43%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $311.52 ↑ +43%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $311.52 ↑ +43%
Connected Care Commercial|Intel $311.52 ↑ +43%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $311.52 ↑ +43%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $311.52 ↑ +43%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|< 21 $311.52 ↑ +43%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|> 21 $311.52 ↑ +43%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Plans $311.52 ↑ +43%
California Health & Wellness Medicaid|All Plans $311.52 ↑ +43%
US Behavioral Health Commercial|All Plans $311.52 ↑ +43%
YoloCountyPsych Medicaid|All Plans $311.52 ↑ +43%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $311.52 ↑ +43%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $311.52 ↑ +43%
United Commercial|HMO $311.52 ↑ +43%
United Commercial|Options PPO $311.52 ↑ +43%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $311.52 ↑ +43%
United Medicaid|< 21 $311.52 ↑ +43%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $1,073.49 ↑ +392%
United Medicare|All Plans $1,073.49 ↑ +392%

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Electron microscopy diagnostic at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $83.66 $51.57 – $1,023.81
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $295.40 $163.38 – $679.00
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $1,200.54 $271.27 – $1,256.40
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $629.34 $21.00 – $994.21
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $458.21 $177.99 – $674.24
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $576.40 $11.34 – $1,168.77
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $204.05 $260.50 – $1,108.83
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $201.85 $260.50 – $1,108.83

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